Hanna is currently pursuing a DPhil in Music Composition at Oxford University as a 2006 Marshall Scholar and is member of BMI.

Photo: Nariman Skakov

Mena Mark Hanna was born in London, June 1984, of Coptic Egyptian parentage. He has studied privately with Matthew Greenbaum, Robert Saxton, and Salvatore Sciarrino and has attended composition courses of Milton Babbitt, Sir Harrison Birtwistle, and Helmut Lachenmann. He has received a Master of Studies in Musicology with Distinction from Merton College, Oxford University, and is currently pursuing a DPhil in Music Composition at Oxford as a Marshall Scholar. His research interests lie in Coptic chant and speculation on music before the Frankish era, and music as liturgical and spiritual rite.

"At the Palazzo Vendramin" for mezzosoprano and six instruments (2009)

"Music for Insects" for orchestra (2008)

"Three Trapped Worlds" for alto saxophone (2008)

"Faryad" for flute and piano (2007)

"Wadi-n-Natrun" for cello (2006)

"Omonogenis" for full orchestra (2006)